stranger who is sister, mother, confessor and healer--and her patients and co-workers--a convict recovering in time for his execution, a gay male nurse who is beaten and an Asian woman trying to bind herself into invisibility.

Echo Heron fainted after giving her first injection; 10 years later, she was an experienced R.N., easing the last hours of a beloved cancer victim.Here is her story of her years in a major San Francisco hospital--where only a sense of humor and an indomitable spirit helped her survive.

Dr. Patch Adams knows the inner side of healing. House Calls is a reminder that some of the most important factors in healing are not high-tech marvels but ordinary factors such as love, compassion, friendship, and hope. This book will lighten anyone's heart and assist him or her on a healing journey.